So we made the drive, a not-so-smooth one - it takes ages to get outside Bangalore, ages to bypass the new neighborhoods and then, a highway that runs through small towns that are growing - like Ramnagaram and Mandya - is not the best road for people who want to a quick and smooth ride.
Mysore is chaotic today. And is still expanding. In the old part of town, the Sri Ramaseva Mandali Charitable Trust of Mysore North has been hosting the seasonal music fest for 21 years. At a wedding hall next to a temple in V V Mohalla.
The fest opened with M S Sheela's concert on April 8. We were here when Papanasam Ashok Ramani was to sing. With him were Anoor Ananthakrishna Sarma ( mridangam), N N Ganesh Kumar on the violin and Bhargava Halambi on ghatam - the last three from Bangalore.
People stroll in and out, from the temple while some 80 to 100 people sit through concerts here - the venue may not offer a great ambience but provides rasikas some good music.
The fest ends on April 17 with the honoring of veteran artiste Neela Ramgopal and her concert.
The team led by president Sudha Ramprasad manages this fest and artistes from Chennai a regulars here.
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